Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership GA 615 | Radical Product Thinking with Radhika Dutt
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Jan 15, 2026 In this engaging conversation, Radhika Dutt, a product strategist and author of 'Radical Product Thinking,' dives into the flaws of traditional OKRs, advocating for a puzzle-driven mindset. She introduces the OHLA framework, emphasizing curiosity over goal-driven stress. Radhika compares target mentality to effective problem-solving, revealing how understanding problems can lead to better solutions. She also shares insights from her own startup journey and stresses the importance of measuring development over evaluation in leadership. Her thoughts are sure to inspire.
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Goals Can Blind Leaders
- OKRs and goal-setting create incentives to show the numbers leaders want rather than surface hard truths from the trenches.
- That dynamic hides problems and causes leadership to be the last to know real issues.
Scientific Learning Vs. Target Mentality
- Toyota Kata breaks big challenges into target conditions and iterative experiments to learn forward.
- Radhika agrees on iterative learning but worries how corporate implementation measures people against targets.
Frame Work As A Puzzle Not A Target
- Replace goal-driven plans with puzzle-driven objectives that describe the uncertain problem to solve.
- Use hypotheses, learnings, and adaptations to structure experiments and next steps.
